Professor Ian Phillips

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

BA, BPhil, MA, PhD

Quondam Fellow since 2012

Ian Phillips' work lies primarily at the intersection of philosophy and the mind/brain sciences. Particular interests include: the nature and contents of perception; its relations to memory, imagination and belief; the scientific study of consciousness; and our experience of time.

Link to Website

Background

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University (from 2019)
Visiting Research Scholar to the Program in Cognitive Science, Princeton University (from 2017 to 2019)
Chair in Philosophy of Psychology, University of Birmingham (from 2017 to 2019)
Associate then Full Professor and Gabriele Taylor Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford (from 2013 to 2017)
Lecturer in Philosophy, University College London (from 2010 to 2013)
Quondam Fellow, All Souls College (from 2012)
Examination Fellow, All Souls College (from 2005 to 2012)
Postgraduate, University College London (from 2005 to 2009)
Undergraduate and Postgraduate, Magdalen College, Oxford (from 1999 to 2005)

Research Interests

Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Visual Cognition

Selected publications

For a full list of my publications, please visit my website: www.ianbphillips.com

Research awards and grants

Phi Beta Kappa Society and APA Lebowitz Prize for philosophical achievement and contribution, 2021 (with Ned Block)
Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2017
Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 2013
The Philosopher’s Annual selection, 2013
ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 2011
Gibbs Prize in Philosophy, 2003
Matthew Taylor Prize, Magdalen College, 2001